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Arvind Kumar Sharma

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Arvind Kumar Sharma
Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana
Assumed office
17 October 2024
GovernorBandaru Dattatreya
Chief MinisterNayab Singh Saini
Ministry and Departments
  • Co-operation
  • Jails
  • Elections
  • Heritage & Tourism
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
8 October 2024
Preceded byJagbir Singh Malik
ConstituencyGohana
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byDeepender Singh Hooda
Succeeded byDeepender Singh Hooda
ConstituencyRohtak
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byIshwar Dayal Swami
Succeeded byAshwini Kumar Chopra
ConstituencyKarnal
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byDharam Pal Singh Malik
Succeeded byKishan Singh Sangwan
ConstituencySonipat
Personal details
Born (1962-11-25) 25 November 1962 (age 61)
M.P. Majra, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Rita Sharma
(m. 1989)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BDS)
Maharshi Dayanand University (MDS)
Source: [1]

Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 25 November 1962) is an Indian dental surgeon, politician who currently represents the Gohana Assembly constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. He was also a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in 15th Lok Sabha and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.[1]

Personal life

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Sharma was born on 25 November 1962 to Satguru Dass Sharma and Bimla Devi in the village of M.P. Majra in Jhajjar district of Haryana. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and Master of Dental Surgery from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Sharma married Rita Sharma on 9 November 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is a medical practitioner, social worker and agriculturist.[2]

Political career

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In January 2014, he left Indian National Congress and joined Bahujan Samaj Party and was named chief ministerial candidate. He lost from both Yamunanagar and Julana seats and was pushed to the third slot in both the seats.

In 2019, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general election and defeated Deepender Singh Hooda of Indian National Congress with margin of 7,503 votes.[3][4] However, in 2024 Lok Sabha election, he lost to Hooda by 345,298 votes.[5]

Electoral performance

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Year Election Party Constituency Name Result
1996 11th Lok Sabha Independent Sonipat Won
1998 12th Lok Sabha Shiv Sena Lost
2004 14th Lok Sabha Indian National Congress Karnal Won
2009 15th Lok Sabha Won
2014 16th Lok Sabha Lost
2014 13th Haryana Assembly Bahujan Samaj Party Julana Lost
Yamunanagar Lost
2019 17th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party Rohtak Won
2024 18th Lok Sabha Lost
2024 15th Haryana Assembly Gohana Won

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-Congress MP from Karnal Arvind Sharma joins BJP". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha - Sharma, Dr. Arvind Kumar". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ Choudhury, Srishty (15 March 2019). "Arvind Kumar Sharma, senior Haryana Congress leader, joins BJP". News Nation English. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Birender Singh's son BJP candidate from Hisar, ex-MP Arvind Sharma gets ticket from Rohtak". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 7 - ROHTAK (Haryana)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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